Hillsboro recorder., 1887-09-29
Farm and Garden Notes.

1t is capital preventive OF disease.
White clover, as summer pasturage
for hogs, is highly esteemed in Iowa.
Keep your work horses from flies in
hot weather by blanketing them thinly.
The best time to cut grass for hay is in
the afternoon when the heat has sub
sided
The feeding value Of early cut clover
Or mixed hay is greater than that Of fod-
der corn. ny
Poultry do well running in the
orchards, and the latter are benefited
likewise.
The right way with peaches is to plant
few trees every year. They will hit oc-
casionally.
Feed all fattening animals literally, for
every little backset counts largely on the
losing side.
The thicker hay mows are made and
the tighter they are tramped the less apt
will the hay be to mould.
A light dusting with white lead after
the dew is on is said to afford protection
against striped bugs on vines.
The best experiment for bringing up a
herd Of grade cattle to superior excellence
is to employ only pure bred males.
An old farmer says: ssYou bless your
stock and increase your store when you
| 60 into winter with a good supply Of
roots.n ass,
The Ohio Experimental Station says
the larger corn grows the shallower
should be the plowing, for the small roots
increase with great rapidity.
A farmer in kentucky is cited who
keeps worms off cabbages by sprinkling
on them a mixture of two gallons Of wa
ter with one gallon of buttermilk.
A New York farmer says he failed to
get crop of turnips until he used un-
leached ashes to fertilize the ground.
Ashes will raise crop on any Kind Of
land.
Plants growing too thickly together
cannot thrive. Some of them are as
weeds to the others. Thin them out il
too thick, and larger yield will be the
= result. 1e-.
Rancid butter may be made sweet by
washing it with fresh sweet milk, and
then with clear cold water. 1t should
then be used at once, or it will grow
rancid.
A flock of turkeys will range the field
all summer, destroying millions Of in
sects, and part of them living withou
taxing the housekeeper for the means o
support
The hoe and cultiyator are the leadin,
, implements for corn cultivation whicl
: are not likely to be superseded. Keel
them running until the crop is ready t
/ be .'laid by"
+. Hmay not be agreeable, at all times, t
have hens running at large, but il is thei
nature, and with the exercise they gel
and the variety of food, the productio
of eggs is usually much increased.
n Hard water contains too much lint
9 stone, and causes bread mixed with
: soon to dry out. Use soft water to mi
g the dough, and you will get muc
y better article of bread and one that wi
= 7 retain its freshness.
Lands to be sown with wheat or grai
!, seed this fall should be plowed as earl
\ as possible, worked even with cultivate
!. or good harrow, aud thoroughly ha
- roWed again before sowing tint. II is
\ great importance to have q good sec
i. bed.
N A contemporary says: "Thc object,
n blowing corr in q dry season is not
,e much 70 kill the weeds as to form
le mulch Of dry dirt, that will condense Il
I. moisture in the shape nf dew. and thI
'. will consume or save the moisture tn
ID comes up from the hidden reservoirs b
m low
to Mr.. ]. w. Clark, Of HALEY, Mass,
ne considerable peaeh-grower, says he b
he come TO the conclusion that no eerta
he degree Of cold can be named which
to sure death to peach buds, but that und
ig varying conditions they may live or 3
Of within considerable range Of temper
ture.
a DIR. Race, of Pittstown, Hunterd
ne County, n. j., has found that when pt
ea trees bear an exceptionally large crc
- u lHGy hiV AAAOlN w 1A hLbS athy hYlsN'
y ance. The leaves turn yellow, SIN
Is reddish shoots start up from the lar
e. branches near the trunk, and the wo
nc soon becomes Of dark, brownish col
ny For she last six years he has used pota
le. salt and bone in treating trees for y
ng lows. .-.-.
+, - When haying and harvest are ov
'"' take vacation. Hitch up the horses
the spring wagon, load up the need
convcniences and the family, and
away to the shores Of the sea or a la
ith or to some pleasant hill or mounta
ore e7en II not over q mile from home, p
aus yided the spot Is an attractive one q
use the farm out Of sight. Camp out 70
not week. II two cannot be afforded. II
al. and recreation are the objects sought
C do not worry about how things are go
the on at home.
' he A Merchant With a Long Head.
att Al Pogton canitaIist. who Il A lead